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A. C. OOUOH.v

HAT 0R GAP.

No. 282,443. Patented July 3l, 1883.

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fifa/new ALBEBT c. couon, OE BOSTON, MASS.,

UNITED STATES PATENT i GEEICE.

ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

To THE MIOA 'Tir AND LINING COMPANY, OE SAME PLAGE.

HAT OR CAP.

`S.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 282,443, datedJu1y31, 1883. `Appiimion ined April 6,1883. (Model.)`

To ally/hom it may concern.`

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. COUOH, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hats and Caps, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact i description.

This invention consists of a hat or cap having arranged within andattached to the crown thereof a sheet of mica properly prepared, bysilver-ing orotherwise, to serve as a mirror, all substantially asdescribed, reference being had to accompanying` plate of` drawings, inwhich- Figures 1 and 2 arefcross-sections of a hat having a mirror of 1mica in accordance with this invention.

` In the drawings, A representsa hat made in any of the usual mannersand of any of the usual or desired Styles land shapes, and otherwise,except as to this invention, as ordinary.

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.B is a sheet of mica, attached to the inside of the crown C ofthe hatby cement or any suitable adhesive material, or by stitches or oth- Thissheet of mica is silvered upon its back or inner side, as at ,-the sameas glass is silvered, and thus made to serve the purposes of a mirror,possessing, as is well known, the advantageous qualities, ascomparedwith glass mirrors, of being flexible so that itcan be freelybent, andfbesides, be-

ing mostneat and tasty in appearance and not easily broken. The micamaybe rendered recrown, substantially as described.

Mica rendered reflecting can be used for a with a hat, as is obvious.

I am aware that it is not new to Secure upon the inside of the crown ofa hat or cap a mirror, and such I do not claim, broadly.

variety of purposes other than in combination i f Having thus describedmy invention, what y I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1sl. A hat, cap, or other head-covering having a sheet o1 mica which hasbeen rendered reflecting attached to the inside ofthe crown,substantially as described.

2. A hat, cap, or other head-covering having a sheet of mica which hasbeen rendered reecting, and its edges bound with any suitable material,attached to the inside of th In testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand in' the presenceA of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT C. COUCH.

Witnesses: 1

EDWIN W. BROWN, WM. S. BELLowS.

